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Tornado Warning 8, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 19, 2013Winona County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2013, 7:10 PM CDT for Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2013, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Winona County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 19, 7:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lewiston, MN	TREES DOWN IN THE CITY
May 19, 7:21 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Lewiston, MN
May 19, 7:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Lewiston, MN	SEMI JACKED KNIFED ON I-90 IN WESTERN WINONA.
May 19, 7:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	1 S Lewiston, MN
May 19, 7:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 74	1 S Lewiston, MN
May 19, 7:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Rollingstone, MN	LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN. SOME BRANCHES FELL ON VEHICLES AND ALSO ON A DECK...CAUSING DAMAGE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 19, 1:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

845 
WFUS53 KARX 200010
TORARX
MNC169-200045-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0008.130520T0010Z-130520T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
710 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 707 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. CHARLES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEWISTON AROUND 725 PM CDT.
  ALTURA AROUND 730 PM CDT.
  STOCKTON AROUND 735 PM CDT.
  ROLLINGSTONE AND GOODVIEW AROUND 740 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UTICA...I 90 EXIT 242...
BETHANY...COUNTY ROADS 28 AND 31...MINNESOTA CITY...WHITMAN AND LOCK
AND DAM 5.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4419 9187 4415 9180 4413 9172 4412 9171
      4410 9171 4408 9166 4407 9166 4384 9198
      4390 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 216DEG 26KT 4393 9199

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

JW

4 follow-up statements

009 
WWUS53 KARX 200015
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
715 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MNC169-200045-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130520T0045Z/
WINONA MN-
715 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WINONA COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 711 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWISTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STOCKTON AND ROLLINGSTONE AROUND 725 PM CDT.
  GOODVIEW AROUND 730 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MINNESOTA CITY AND WHITMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 4419 9187 4415 9180 4413 9172 4410 9171
      4408 9166 4407 9166 4391 9190 4384 9197
      4384 9199 4390 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 227DEG 39KT 4398 9190

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

JW

128 
WWUS53 KARX 200018
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
718 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MNC169-200045-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130520T0045Z/
WINONA MN-
718 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WINONA COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 716 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LEWISTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STOCKTON AND ROLLINGSTONE AROUND 725 PM CDT.
  GOODVIEW AROUND 730 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MINNESOTA CITY AND WHITMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 4419 9187 4415 9180 4413 9172 4410 9171
      4408 9166 4407 9166 4387 9195 4388 9199
      4393 9205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 227DEG 39KT 4400 9188

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

JW

298 
WWUS53 KARX 200030
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
730 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MNC169-200045-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130520T0045Z/
WINONA MN-
730 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL WINONA COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 725 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR STOCKTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. STORM 
SPOTTERS REPORTED 60 TO 65 MPH WINDS 1 MILE SOUTH OF LEWISTON AT 728 
PM. 

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL WINONA
COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 4419 9187 4415 9180 4413 9172 4410 9171
      4408 9166 4407 9166 4392 9188 4394 9192
      4400 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 227DEG 39KT 4406 9178

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

JW

682 
WWUS53 KARX 200043
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
743 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MNC169-200053-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130520T0045Z/
WINONA MN-
743 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WINONA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. 

LAT...LON 4419 9187 4415 9180 4413 9172 4410 9171
      4408 9166 4407 9166 4392 9188 4394 9192
      4400 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 227DEG 39KT 4417 9161

$$

JW

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 9:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Winona	25 hr
May 19, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston	64 min
May 19, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Houston, Winona	48 min
May 20, 12:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Mower	16 hr
May 20, 4:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Mower	18 hr
May 20, 10:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Olmsted	5 hr
May 20, 11:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston	35 hr
May 20, 3:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Houston	66 hr
May 20, 3:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	6 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.